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Journal of Experimental Biology 38,729-736 (1961)
Published by Company of Biologists 1961

The Efflux of Sodium Ions from the Last Abdominal Ganglion of the Cockroach, Periplaneta Americana L

J. E. TREHERNE ¹

¹ A.R.C. Unit of Insect Physiology, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge

1. The rate of loss of ²⁴Na from the terminal abdominal ganglion of Periplaneta americana L. has been studied by measuring the decline in radioactivity associated with an isolated preparation maintained in flowing physiological solution.

2. The rate of sodium efflux was substantially reduced in the presence Of 0.2 mM./l. dinitrophenol and in potassium-free solution.

3. The extrusion of ²⁴Na was not significantly affected by the removal of the fibrous and cellular sheath surrounding the ganglion. The rate-limiting process in the efflux of sodium measured in the experiments was not, therefore, the transfer of ions across the nerve sheath, but an extrusion from tissues lying at a deeper level in the central nervous system.